Colin T Mercer

Colin T Mercer

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Hi my name is Colin T. Mercer and I am a poet and writer.  I grew up in “The Village area” of South Belfast, Northern Ireland.  I am currently working on a second volume of poetry and a collection of short stories.  I hhave also arrived at the finishing stages of my first novel which I hope will be ready 2012. I live with his partner, Sabine, at the County Down coast.

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

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<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other.  The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>

Story Behind The Book

Inspired from years of living on the Island of Ireland I decided to try to put into words what it felt like, what you seen and who you where to live in Ireland and be Irish. I spent most of my life so far unaware that most people didnt see the world as i did, or should I say hear it is I heard it. You see, I have a rare condition know as Synesthesia which means that I see colours in sound. Some are more vivid than others, for example music and the sound of the wind or sea crashing on rocks. I also have been fortunate in being able to express what I see and hear in words, particuliarly poetry. This first publication for me was an attempt to open my world to others and to allow everyone to view a Synesthic world in someways like a virtual world within a computer when sounds and pulses are shown and displayed in graphic colours and bars. I have used this kind of format to express my view on life bringing together the history of Ireland from folklore to growing up in the troubles of Ulster right back to historical happenings. To this end the book is a medium for irish eyes, a sort of guide to Ireland seen by people of irish decent. I hope you enjoy reading For Irish Eyes as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Colin T Mercer

Reviews

<div>You're probably thinking a book of poetry you? Yes. Yes me, I in fact love this book. Okay, i love everything Irish, but this caught my eye.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a book filled with vivid imagery and a wonderful sense of imagination and play. What I enjoyed most about this is that it isn't as poetic as some of the peom books I normally read. Of course I did need to read it a few times before putting the review up, my sincere apologies Colin.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is a great book for anyone to read I highly recommend it.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>Okay, So quickly, published in August of 2009 and you can find it on amazon.uk, on his website you can order the book there, for a bit faster, as 1-3 weeks was very hard, because in reality it's a bit more than 3 weeks to come to Canada!</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>The front cover image is awesome and peaceful and this is one of the finest photos of the Irish coast I've seen in a while. </div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>It lives up to the writing inside. Simple elegant and everything on would want in a poetic experience book.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div>I recommend this book for readers and for those who need a great sense of beauty, wild and elegance in a poetic form.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn">Rebecca E.</span> </span><span class="post-timestamp">at <a class="timestamp-link" title="permanent link" href="http://myrecommendedlibrary.blogspot.com/2009/10/colin-t-mecer-and-his-book-for-irish.html"><abbr class="published" title="2009-10-14T07:33:00-07:00"><font color="#336699">7:33 AM</font></abbr></a> </span><span class="post-comment-link"></span><span class="post-icons"><span class="item-control blog-admin pid-540336022"><a title="Edit Post" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=5752826809411624635&amp;postID=2721196112206241747"><img class="icon-action" alt="" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif" width="18" height="18" /><font color="#336699"></font></a></span></span></div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"><span class="post-labels">Labels: <a href="http://myrecommendedlibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/Recommended%20Reading"><font color="#336699">Recommended Reading</font></a> </span></div> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div></div> <div class="comments"><a></a> <h4>4 comments: </h4> <div class="pid-540336022"> <dl class="avatar-comment-indent"><dt class="comment-author"><a></a></dt></dl><div class="avatar-image-container vcard"><span dir="ltr"><a class="avatar-hovercard" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428"><img class="delayLoad" title="T. Anne" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jThQIAkSRfs/SZc178FG-2I/AAAAAAAAABg/WluroR7bCpM/S45/Sunflower.gif" width="35" longdesc="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jThQIAkSRfs/SZc178FG-2I/AAAAAAAAABg/WluroR7bCpM/S45/Sunflower.gif" height="35" /><font color="#336699"></font></a></span></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428"><font color="#336699">T. Anne</font></a> said... </div></div>OOh, I want to get that book. In fact I'm going to write down the title and author right now. Thanx! October 14, 2009 8:33 AM